Mindful Halloween Pumpkin Carving

Service Description

A Halloween activity with a difference! Join Freya for a fun, creative pumpkin-carving session designed to help children and their grown-ups slow down, connect and explore mindfulness together. Using pumpkin carving as a sensory and creative activity, we'll explore how paying attention to what we can see, feel, hear and notice can help bring our attention back to the present moment. Children will have the opportunity to practise a simple grounding strategy they can begin to use when worries or big emotions arise — all while creating their own Halloween pumpkin to take home. This isn't about sitting still or being perfectly calm. It's about discovering that mindfulness can be playful, practical and something we can practise together. The session also gives adults and children some protected time to connect, create and have fun alongside one another — because coping skills are often easier for children to explore when they feel safe, connected and aren't under pressure to “get it right”. 🎃 Suitable for: Ages 5-11 years 📅 Tuesday 27 October ⏰ 5:30–6:30pm 📍 Bridge the Gap Child Mental Health, St Mary's Gate, Derby 💚 Adult & Child session – one booking covers one child and their accompanying adult 💷 From £10 (includes pumpkin) ⏱️ Duration: 1 hour Children will leave with their carved pumpkin and a simple grounding skill they can continue practising at home.